<![CDATA[Function list new language parser]]>I’m doing some testing with the Function-List language parser

Just trying with a super simple language definition
to explore the features…

I created the <association …/> and the <parser …>
and restarted NPP… but cant put tis to work

  • Here is the my xml/association element
<association 
    id = "XXX" 
    userDefinedLangName = "XXX-Testing..."  
    ext = ".xxx" 
    />
  • And here is my very…very simple parser
  • I just want to match the “xxx” string in the text
  • just testing… there are various “xxx” inside the text
  • not even regex metatags… all super simple
<parser
    id = "XXX"
    displayName = "XXX"
    commentExpr = "(?s:/\*.*?\*/)|(?m-s://.*?$)"
    >
    <function 
        mainExpr = "XXX" 
        >

        <funcNameExpr expr=".*" />
    </function>
</parser>

?Any ideas
my NPP version is 7.7.1
but I download some older versions to test and the problem remains…

]]>https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/topic/18276/function-list-new-language-parserRSS for NodeWed, 19 Aug 2026 17:28:05 GMTThu, 19 Sep 2019 20:26:52 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to Function list new language parser on Thu, 19 Sep 2019 21:52:20 GMT]]>Thanks @MAPJe71

it was the “userDefinedLangName”
was set to “XXX-…” and should be “xxx-…”
to exactly match the name of the language
in the Language menu… (it is case sensitive…)

]]>https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/post/47262https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/post/47262Thu, 19 Sep 2019 21:52:20 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Function list new language parser on Thu, 19 Sep 2019 20:48:20 GMT]]>
  • Due to a flaw in the implementation of the Function List engine an id-ext-association has to be combined with an id-userDefinedLangName-association. Not sure if combining the two of them in one assocciation-node should work. Separating should definitly work though i.e.
    • <association id="XXX" userDefinedLangName="XXX-Testing..."/>
<association id="XXX" ext=".xxx"/>
    1. Make sure the ‘userDefinedLangName’-attribute’s value exactly equals the name of the user defined language as displayed in the ‘Language’-menu i.e. upper- and lowercase letters, hyphens, etc. I your case their should be “XXX-Testing…” entry in the Language-menu.
    2. If not yet created, create the applicable user-defined-language. Yours should be named XXX-Testing... with its extension field (Ext.:) set to xxx i.e. without the dot.
    3. Make sure your parser-node has the correct layout i.e.
    <parser
    displayName="XXX"
    id         ="XXX"
    commentExpr="(?s:/\*.*?\*/)|(?m-s://.*?$)"
>
    <function 
        mainExpr="XXX" 
    >
        <functionName>
            <nameExpr expr=".*" />
        </functionName>
    </function>
</parser>

    In this case the functionName-node might not be necessary i.e.

    <parser
    displayName="XXX"
    id         ="XXX"
    commentExpr="(?s:/\*.*?\*/)|(?m-s://.*?$)"
>
    <function 
        mainExpr="XXX" 
    />
</parser>
    ]]>    https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/post/47260https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/post/47260Thu, 19 Sep 2019 20:48:20 GMT    <![CDATA[Reply to Function list new language parser on Thu, 19 Sep 2019 20:36:00 GMT]]>@IBIT_ZEE said in Function list new language parser:

    <association
    id = “XXX”
    userDefinedLangName = “XXX-Testing…”
    ext = “.xxx”
    />

    you can see under functionlistxml line 94

    		<association id=         "krl_function"   userDefinedLangName="KRL"            />
		<association id=         "krl_function"   ext=".src"                           />
		<association id=         "krl_function"   ext=".sub"                           />
		<!-- ======================================================================== -->
		<association id=   "sinumerik_function"   userDefinedLangName="Sinumerik"      />
		<association id=   "sinumerik_function"   ext=".arc"                           />
		<!-- ======================================================================== -->
		<association id=    "universe_basic"      userDefinedLangName="UniVerse BASIC" />
		<association id=    "universe_basic"      ext=".bas"                           />
    ]]>    https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/post/47258https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/post/47258Thu, 19 Sep 2019 20:36:00 GMT